Chessin pins her third CCS wrestling title

Los Gatos senior Cady Chessin captured her third Central Coast Section girls wrestling title in four seasons last Saturday night.

Chessin, who likely will oppose only male competition in the 113-pound class at the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League finals next weekend, earned five straight wins Feb. 1-2 at Oak Grove in San Jose to repeat as the champion at 114 pounds. She scored first-round pins against her first four challengers before winning the gold medal with a 12-0 major decision against Dominique Parrish of Scotts Valley.

Previously ranked No. 5 in the CCS boys rankings, Chessin was removed from the latest top-20 list of Feb. 1 because she will not be competing in the CCS boys championships on Feb. 22-23, and the rankings are based on predicted performance at that tournament.

Instead, Chessin will be in Lemoore that weekend, trying to repeat as 114 champion at the CIF Girls State Meet. She will be part of a 42-girl contingent from the CCS, which advanced its top three placers in each of the 14 weight divisions from last weekend's tourney.

Chessin won the CCS 98-pound title as a freshman and placed second at 114 and fourth at state as a sophomore before winning both the CCS and state 114 crowns as a junior last February.

Naylor, the 138 champion as a sophomore, moved up a class and pinned James Lick's Lerissa Mendoza at 1:10 of the title bout. After a first-round bye, the top-seeded Naylor pinned each of her three opponents in the first round.

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Piearcy, who was a part of Cupertino's field hockey team that competed in the CCS playoffs last fall, entered as the No. 2 seed at 132. After two pins, she blanked Pioneer sophomore Aliana Criado 10-0 in the semifinals and pinned Lincoln junior Sarena Olmos, the 122-pound champion in 2012.

Olmos won three matches to reach the finals. She pinned her first two foes and beat Vanessa Rodarte of Santa Teresa 9-5 in the semifinal round.

Like Chessin, Gunn junior Cadence Lee (103) became a three-time CCS girls champ. In a repeat match-up of the 2012 final, Lee defeated sophomore Kayla Walker of Leigh for the gold medal. Walker reached the finals with two pins and a 10-4 semifinal decision, before bowing to Lee by fall at 0:55.

Lynbrook freshman Sheila Metz earned the fourth-place medal at 103, just missing a state berth. Metz nailed a pair of first-round pins before getting pinned by Lee at 2:29 in the semifinal round. In the wrestle-back, Metz put her opponent to the mat in just 44 seconds, before losing the third-place bout 5-0 to King City freshman Gabriella Ciccarelli.

Los Gatos freshman Kendal Davis went 3-2 and placed fifth at 126 pounds in her first CCS meet. She needed just 48 seconds to pin Sacred Heart Cathedral junior Pilar Whitney in the fifth-place bout.

Prospect freshman Karla Adam placed sixth at 165.

Scotts Valley won the team championship with 109 points. Lincoln placed 12th out of 57 schools with 46 points, one point better than both Los Gatos and Lynbrook, who shared 13th, and three more than 15th-place Cupertino.